NEET PG: SC dismisses IMA Bihar's plea challenging minimum percentile criteria

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narsimha and JB Pardiwala observed that it was not inclined to entertain the special leave petition under Article 136 of the Constitution. The apex court has dismissed the petition filed by IMA Bihar, read here for more details.

The top court of India has dismissed a special leave petition filed by the Indian Medical Association Bihar State Branch challenging a Delhi High Court judgement which upheld the regulation that mandates minimum marks of 50th percentile in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test for Postgraduate (NEET-PG).

The Supreme Court bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice PS Narsimha and JB Pardiwala observed that it was not inclined to entertain the special leave petition under Article 136 of the Constitution.

The petition was filed in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court judgement given on July 29, 2022, whereby a challenge to Regulation 9(3) of the Post-Graduate Medical Education Regulations, 2000, as amended in April 2018, was rejected. 

NEET PG admissions minimum percentile: Delhi High Court Proceedings

The regulation prescribed a minimum of 50th percentile as a mandatory requirement for admission to postgraduate courses in respect of General category candidates and 40% percentile for reserved category candidates. However, the PIL filed by medical students in the high court challenged it and contended that the percentile system prescribed under Regulation 9(3) of the Postgraduate Medical Education (Amendment) Regulations, 2018 was a faulty system as due to the said system, a large number of seats were lying vacant even though candidates who were efficient and willing were available.

 A division bench of Delhi High Court comprising Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad observed that there cannot be any compromise with the quality of doctors or specialists as it involves a risk to human lives.

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